What is histrionic personality disorder?

Histrionic personality disorder is a condition in which people act in a very emotionally intense way, and have a distorted self-image. Their self-esteem is dependent on the approval of others. People with this disorder can function at a high level and can be successful socially.

How do members experience histrionic personality disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with histrionic personality disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for histrionic personality disorder*

Who has histrionic personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 10
40s 8
50s 3
60s 0
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 5
Female 12